Karachi, Mar. 20: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said the team for the Dubai series against Australia would only be announced after consulting captain Younis Khan.

"Younis is our captain and we will give his views due importance before finalising the squad," The News quoted Chief Selector Abdul Qadir, as saying.

Qadir said the board is awaiting inputs from Khan.

Pakistan is slated to host Australia in the United Arab of Emirates (UAE), where both teams will play five One-day internationals and a Twenty-20 match.

Lahore, Mar. 20 : Taliban leader Maulvi Nazir has said that the US troops stationed in Afghanistan were “absolutely” the group’s target.

“We have readied suicide bombers for them. They cannot escape us,” Maulvi Nazir told ABC News in an interview, sitting in front of the mountains that separate Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Maulvi Nazir is one of the three leaders, who head the Council of the Mujahedeen Union set up in February 2009, the Daily Times reports.

Islamabad, Mar. 20 : Pakistan's Economic Coordination Committee has accepted the Ministry of Commerce summary seeking permission for bilateral trade with India through Wagah-Attari road link.

The proposal was made in the light of a decision taken in an earlier meeting between both the sides at New York on September 24, 2008.

The ECC advised the authorities concerned to implement it in a phased manner commensurate with parallel development of infrastructure on both sides of the border.

Washington, Mar. 20 : The political crisis in Pakistan may have died down for the time being with President Asif Ali Zardari reinstating the deposed judiciary and Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry as the Chief Justice, but the political brick batting between leaders in the country would hardly see any change in the near future, says the Washington Post.

According to the newspaper, the Pakistani leadership is more concerned about pulling each other’s leg rather than fighting insurgency in the country.

Karachi, Mar. 20 : The banned Sipah-e-Sahaba (SeSP) Pakistan has announced plans to organize a conference in Karachi on Friday.

Rechristening itself as Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), the SeSP is organizing the Khatim-ul-Ambia conference, The Daily Times reports.

ASWJ leader Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Nadeem confirmed the news.

"The conference would be attended by various ulemas and religious scholars from across the country," Nadeem said.

Quetta, Mar. 20 : Reacting to reports that the United States might initiate drone attacks in Baluchistan , several provincial leaders have said that Washington can not be fooled by statements that deny the presence of the Taliban or Al-Qaeda in the region.

"We cannot fool the Americans. They are ruling the whole world. They have the expertise to find out who is hiding where and who their supporters, financers and protectors are," provincial president of the Awami National Party (ANP), Khuda-e-Dad said.